MSI Z170A KRAIT GAMING R6 SIEGE (MS-7A11)

Performance Results


Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 51% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	62.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	78.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

System	MSI MS-7A11
Motherboard	MSI Z170A KRAIT GAMING R6 SIEGE (MS-7A11) (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161221
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Jan 05 '18 at 03:00
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	PRT-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	87.8% Excellent	Memory 93.2 1-Core 127 2-Core 255 89% 159 Pts	4-Core 444 8-Core 705 71% 574 Pts	64-Core 709 44% 709 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3281) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.71 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	62.6% Good	Lighting 79.7 Reflection 77.1 Parallax 66.2 65% 74.3 fps	MRender 71.4 Gravity 71.2 Splatting 70 58% 70.9 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 62.6% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX200 480GB-$160 11,290 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 126GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU02.6 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 728 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 709 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 42 (A3) Unknown 100 100 563 (94) Unknown 100 100 248538 (95) Unknown 100 100 3377 (96) Unknown 100 100 3218 (97) Unknown 100 100 3359 (A4) Unknown 100 100 83102 (A5) Unknown 100 100 118 (A6) Unknown 100 100 20 (A7) Unknown 100 100 65 (A9) Unknown 100 100 94 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 14 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 30898533629975 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 793433 (F2) Unknown 100 100 640572 (F5) Unknown 100 100 981642 (F6) Unknown 100 100 994152 (F7) Unknown 100 100 0	78.1% Very good	Read 492 Write 250 Mixed 269 74% 337 MB/s	4K Read 31.4 4K Write 58.9 4K Mixed 23.8 109% 38 MB/s	DQ Read 293 DQ Write 179 DQ Mixed 28 77% 167 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 95%
Freecom MD Classic 3.0 1TB 146 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 761GB free Firmware: 6080 Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	55.6% Above average	Read 95.8 Write 97.8 Mixed 86.6 70% 93.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.88 4K Mixed 0.39 101% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 55.6% Great: 60%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 632GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 76 63 43985008 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 346 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 8451109 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 602 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 146 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 79 60 504299541 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 350 (C2) HDA temperature 21 11 47244640277 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 1 1 43985008 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 135514808123935 (F1) Unknown 100 253 6166941104 (F2) Unknown 100 253 5169491473	101% Outstanding	Read 176 Write 176 Mixed 135 122% 163 MB/s	4K Read 1.06 4K Write 1.45 4K Mixed 0.24 97% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 6,868 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (29^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71.4% Very good	MC Read 27.7 MC Write 27 MC Mixed 19.9 71% 24.9 GB/s	SC Read 17 SC Write 26.4 SC Mixed 22.8 63% 22.1 GB/s	Latency 61.6 65% 61.6 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 71.4% Great: 103%

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Gaming 46%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 40%

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Motherboard: MSI Z170A KRAIT GAMING R6 SIEGE (MS-7A11)

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	54x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	32x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	9x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	14x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	12x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	10x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	8x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	7x
BX200 480GBCrucial $160Bench 78%, 11,290 samples	4x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	7x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 73%, 66,222 samples	7x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	6x

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Value: 61% - Good

Total price: $480

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16